The BFG, 2016. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, […]
DVD Review – Reckless (2015)
Reckless, 2015. Directed by Mora Stephens. Starring Patrick Wilson, Ray Winstone, Lena Headey, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cho, Alexandra Breckenridge, Christopher McDonald and Dianna Agron. SYNOPSIS: A successful family man with a blossoming political career loses all sense of morality when he becomes addicted to using an escort agency. Thankfully changed from its original title of […]
Comic Book Review – James Bond Vol. 1: Vargr
Tony Black reviews James Bond Vol. 1: Vargr… After a mission of vengeance in Helsinki, James Bond returns to London and assumesthe workload of a fallen 00 Section agent. His new mission takes him to Berlin, presumably to break up an agile drug-trafficking operation. But Bond has no idea of the forces gathered in secret […]
FrightFest Presents Review – Landmine Goes Click (2015)
Landmine Goes Click, 2015. Directed by Levan Bakhia. Starring Sterling Knight, Spencer Locke, Dean Geyer, Helen Nelson, Kote Tolordava and Giorgi Tsaava. SYNOPSIS: An American backpacking in the former Soviet Union steps on a landmine and is forced to watch as his girlfriend is tortured and abused. People trapped in unusual circumstances can make for […]
Joss Whedon could be tempted back to Marvel for a Black Widow movie
Having made a “completely clean break” from Marvel following Avengers: Age of Ultron, Joss Whedon revealed back in May that he could be tempted back to the MCU for a female-driven Avengers film, and now he’s suggested that the lure of a Black Widow movie could also be too much for him to resist. “I […]
DVD Review – Risen (2016)
Risen, 2016. Directed by Kevin Reynolds. Starring Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth and Cliff Curtis. SYNOPSIS: Joseph Fiennes stars as a world-weary Roman tribune leading the mother of all manhunts. The body of the crucified Christ has up and vanished, talk of the risen Messiah is spreading like wildfire and a flustered Pontius Pilate […]
SDCC: Garth Ennis penning Dastardly and Muttley series for DC
DC has announced that it is expanding its line of Hanna-Barbera comics with a new title for Dastardly and Muttley, which will be written by Garth Ennis (Preacher, Hitman). The news came during DC’s daily press event at Comic-Con, with CBR reporting that it was implied that the new series will be spinoff from the […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #34 – Deus Ex Machina
Waving goodbye to I, Ball 2 we look to the future, crossing our fingers and hoping that our next title in the Your Sinclair Top 100 will be something quite frankly brilliant. Then to see that we have real life British music, film and television greats involved in our next release it can only mean […]
DVD Review – Messi (2014)
Messi, 2014. Directed by Alex de la Iglesia. Starrng Johan Cruyff, Andres Iniesta, Diego Armando Maradona, Javier Mascherano, and Gerard Pique. SYNOPSIS: Through a series of informal conversations, archival footage, and reenactments, this film chronicles the rise and the making of the football legend Lionel Messi. Last year saw the release of the intimate documentary […]
Book Review – And I Darken by Kiersten White
Kirsty Capes reviews And I Darken by Kiersten White… Kiersten White’s first instalment in her Conquerors trilogy is full of promise for a story of epic proportions, as White carves out the powerful origins of her heroine, Lada and her companions. And I Darken follows Lada, a Wallachian princess, and her little brother Radu as they are […]
